City pays homeless men after NYPD threw out their IDs, belongings

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Jan 5, 2017 at 8:58 AMJan 5, 2017 at 9:22 AM

The New York Civil Liberties Union has announced that three homeless men have received a payout from New York City after their medication and birth certificates were tossed in the trash by police and sanitation workers.

The Associated Press

The New York Civil Liberties Union has announced that three homeless men have received a payout from New York City after their medication and birth certificates were tossed in the trash by police and sanitation workers.

Floyd Parks, Timmy Hall and Jesus Morales filed a claim against the city in December 2015 after they were booted from an East Harlem homeless encampment about a month earlier.

NYCLU officials say police woke the men up, illegally seized their belongings and threw them into a trash truck. Social Security cards, birth certificates, medication and clothing were among the items lost.